Back to EveryPatent.com
United States Patent | 5,550,563 |
Matheny ,   et al. | August 27, 1996 |
A method and apparatus for an innovative object oriented system. The sequence of events corresponding to a user pressing, moving, and releasing the mouse is called the input syntax. Certain sequences of events are used to indicate particular actions, called semantic operations. This invention discloses the method and apparatus for translating input syntax into semantic operations for an object that supports Select, Peek, Move, AutoScroll, and Drag/Drop (Copy).
Inventors: | Matheny; John R. (Mountain View, CA); White; Christopher (Mountain View, CA) |
Assignee: | Taligent, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 996073 |
Filed: | December 23, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 345/168; 345/157; 715/856 |
Intern'l Class: | G09G 005/00 |
Field of Search: | 345/145,146,157,163,162,160,168 395/155,156,157,159 |
3658427 | Apr., 1972 | Decou | 356/156. |
3881605 | May., 1975 | Grossman | 214/1. |
4082188 | Apr., 1978 | Grimmell et al. | 209/73. |
4635208 | Jan., 1987 | Coleby et al. | 364/491. |
4677576 | Jun., 1987 | Berlin, Jr. et al. | 364/522. |
4704694 | Nov., 1987 | Czerniejewski | 364/513. |
4742356 | May., 1988 | Kuipers | 342/448. |
4760386 | Jul., 1988 | Heath et al. | 345/163. |
4821220 | Apr., 1989 | Duisberg | 364/578. |
4885717 | Dec., 1989 | Beck et al. | 364/900. |
4891630 | Jan., 1990 | Friedman et al. | 340/706. |
4939648 | Jul., 1990 | O'Neill et al. | 364/422. |
4953080 | Aug., 1990 | Dysart et al. | 364/200. |
5041992 | Aug., 1991 | Cunnigham et al. | 364/518. |
5050090 | Sep., 1991 | Golub et al. | 364/478. |
5060276 | Oct., 1991 | Morris et al. | 382/8. |
5075848 | Dec., 1991 | Lai et al. | 395/425. |
5093914 | Mar., 1992 | Coplien et al. | 395/700. |
5119475 | Jun., 1992 | Smith et al. | 395/156. |
5125091 | Jun., 1992 | Staas, Jr. et al. | 395/650. |
5133075 | Jul., 1992 | Risch | 395/800. |
5136705 | Aug., 1992 | Stubbs et al. | 395/575. |
5151987 | Sep., 1992 | Abraham et al. | 395/575. |
5168441 | Dec., 1992 | Onarheim et al. | 364/146. |
5177685 | Jan., 1993 | Davis et al. | 364/443. |
5181162 | Jan., 1993 | Smith et al. | 364/419. |
5198802 | Mar., 1993 | Bertram et al. | 345/163. |
5239287 | Aug., 1993 | Siio et al. | 345/163. |
5327529 | Jul., 1994 | Fults | 395/155. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
O352908 | Jan., 1990 | EP. | |
O506102 | Sep., 1992 | EP. |
0/S/2 Version 2.0, V.3::"Presentation Manager and Workplace Shell" Apr. 1992, IBM Corporation International Technical Support Center, Voca Raton, FL, p. 53. IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, V. 35, N. 4B, Sep 1992, Armonk NY, pp. 227-232, "Dynamic Icon Presentation". IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, V.33, N. 11, Apr. 1991, Armonk NY, p. 312 "Auto Scroll During Direct Manipulation". OS/2 Technical Library Presentation Manager Programming Reference, V.III Mar. 1992, IBM Corporation, Armond NY. |